Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of the house of YHWH until it was finished. So the house of YHWH was completed.
The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.
In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.